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CONT. AIR FILTER CO. v. BLAIR

681 S.W.2d 427 (1984)

CONTINENTAL AIR FILTER COMPANY and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Movants, v. James S. BLAIR and Workers' Compensation Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Swain, Larry L. Johnson, William M. Newman, Jr., Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, for movants.

W. Ken Nevitt, Louisville, for James S. Blair.

J. Scott Getsinger, Workers' Compensation Bd., Frankfort, for Workers' Compensation Bd.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The Workers' Compensation Board reopened its award to James Blair and increased his percentage of disability from 50 percent to 100 percent. This procedure was based on a change in economic conditions. The trial court affirmed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the theory of the reopening. We granted discretionary review and reverse.

James Blair was involved in a work-related industrial accident in which he lost all his fingers except...

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